| A | B |
|---|
| appellate jurisdiction | hear appeals from inferior courts |
| Supreme Court | highest court, final court of appeal |
| SCOTUS | abbrev. Supreme Court of the US |
| *apportionment | each 10 yrs census determine #cong. districts per state |
| after apportionment | reapportionment, when states draw district lines |
| appropriations bill | Congressional legislation that includes major spending |
| # of appropriations bills | 13 per fiscal year, to incl. 1 budget resolution + 12 monthly |
| arraignment | when the accused is formally charged with a crime |
| *Articles of Confederation | 1st adopted written constitution of US |
| Exposed weakness of the AOC | Shays' Rebellion |
| abbrev. Articles of Confederation | AOC |
| Baker v. Carr | case that established "one man, one vote" in reapportionment |
| balanced budget | policy advocating that federal budget spend only as much $ as gov has |
| battleground states | aka "swing states," such as FL, which could go Rep or Dem |
| bicameral | two-house legislature |
| bipartisanship | the act of both Dem's and Repub's working together on policy goals |
| *Bipartisan Campaign Act of 2002 | aka McCain-Feingold Act |
| McCain-Feingold Act banned | soft money from individuals to prez candidates, and set limits of individual donations to candidates |
